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Topic: Ink bottle stopper (Read 910 times)

Hi there, I know this stopper has been on the board before but I cant find it and yet I have seen it. So I am setting a new topic on it because I have just purchased it and its in excellent condition and it now sits in the top of my walsh walsh ink bottle and makes it look very balanced. I do realize it isnt an exact match and is probably about 20 years out of sync but it does look good. Having a close inspection of the canes, within them is a circle of diamond shapes, circle of heart shapes and the inner circle are club shapes. Do you like it??? Regards Roger.

The stopper with heart canes is, I believe, a Whitefriars stopper from around 1950, just when Walsh Walsh finished, and some workers migrated there. A few years ago I had a bottle with a very similar stopper, including heart canes - but the base had canes which were a strange mix of Whitefriars moulding and Walsh Walsh 7/6 centres. I think it was discussed on a thread on this board some time ago, and some of the canes in my bottle turned up in examples of Whitefriars Triplex and EIIR 1953 weights. I also had a paperweight with heart canes - see image below - at least two different canes match your stopper.

Coincidentally, I took the bottle back in part exchange recently, so once the dust has settled on the PCC AGM this weekend I should be able to take some new images of it.

Alan"There are two rules for ultimate success in life. Number 1: Never tell everything you know."

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Well that looks as close as any two stoppers will get.(circa 1950). How about starting up an inky dinky bottle stopper swapper page?? but I guess that would be difficult because money might get involved. Regards Roger.

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